INSIDE THEIR MINDS

Pain

Phil
I never meant to cause her stress or make her do anything she didn't want to do. With the lights back on I see her again making me feel truly in awe. When I first saw heR I was encaptured in her looks, but now things are different. Now I was encaptured with her. She is more than just a pretty face, she's amazing, funny and together we have amazing chemistry; or so I thought. I know the circumstances are less than ideal, but now after these hours spent alone together I know what true happiness is.

I try not to look at her too much anymore not sure of what do to help.

Several voices have replaced the vacumming and I assume that they are trying their best to get us out.

Kate
I can feel his eyes on me and now it wasn't just an assumption.

I do my best to not look back at him. I can't even face myself, let alone him.

There was  something about being stuck in here that threw me into overdrive. When the realization that we would be saved hit me, shame, sadness and regret coated me. The proverbial blanket of horrible emotions wrapped me so tightly that it was hard to breath. I had to physically hold myself together to even get a sliver of relief. How was I supposed to tell him that? That one minute I could want him and the next that the sight of him makes me want to hurl.

I peek to get a glimpse of him and notice he is no longer looking at me, thankfully. He has focused his attention to his phone turning it over repeatedly in his hands, screen up, screen down, screen up again.

He looks not only tired but heartbroken. Maybe he was, but was it because of me or her?

"Are you ok?" I ask him.
"Kate, I'm more worried about you than anything. You seemed fine then all the sudden you just weren't.... what am I supposed to think?"

"I want to be with you, but I can barely look at you. What we did was amazing but also immoral. You have a family." I said starting to feel tears fall from my eyes.

"Kate." He says giving me a look of sadness. "I need you."

"They need you."
"Yes they do, but I can't live my life feeling unhappy. I have known for awhile that I wasn't happy. You change everything. It's one thing to feel unhappy and a whole other thing to find someone that completely replaces any trace of longing and sadness with hope and joy, you do that for me Kate. I need you now."

What am I to say to that? I want him, he wants me.

"Once we both get rescued and get caught up on sleep then we can discuss what we will do."

We sit quietly for awhile then the sound of power drills and machines fill the air.

I dig through my purse and find my pad and paper and write down my number for him.

I try to talk to him but the power drills are too loud.

I hand him the paper and he looks at it, then me, with a smile.